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音高

yīngāo
noun #32,103

Meanings

  1. 1 pitch (in music)
  2. 2 tonal height

Examples

她唱歌时音高很准。
Tā chànggē shí yīngāo hěn zhǔn.
Her pitch is very accurate when she sings.
调音器可以测出每个音的音高。
Tiáoyīnqì kěyǐ cè chū měi gè yīn de yīngāo.
A tuner can measure the pitch of each note.

Tips

usage
音高 is the music-theory term for pitch as a measurable property (frequency-based). For the linguistic concept of tone in tonal languages, the standard term is 声调 (shēngdiào) instead.

Stroke Order

音 yīn
高 gāo